---
name: "Lydia Lei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lydia-lei"
fi1m_id: "lydia-lei"
imdb_id: "nm0499989"
tmdb_id: 123057
wikidata_id: "Q135156449"
roles: []
born: "15 October 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:40:17.500904+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lydia Lei

## Identity

Lydia Lei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lydia-lei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lydia-lei
- **IMDb ID:** nm0499989
- **TMDB ID:** 123057
- **Wikidata ID:** Q135156449
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135156449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123057

Actor. Born 15 October 1952 in United States.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 October 1952, United States
- **Active:** 1982–1984
- **Also known as:** Lei Kayahara, Lydia Lei Kayahara
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135156449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123057

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Vice Squad*](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md) (64)

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## Biography

Lydia Lei is an American actress, also credited as Lei Kayahara and Lydia Lei Kayahara. She was born on 15 October 1952 in the United States.

She appeared in guest roles on television series including *Hawaii Five-O* (as Nani Hakua and others), *Charlie's Angels* (as Ewa Sako), *The A-Team* (as Sun Yeng) and *Crazy Like a Fox* (recurring as Allison Ling). Her film roles include Coco in *Vice Squad* (1982), Crystal Ling in *Hammett* (1982), Jasmine Wu in *Doctor Detroit* (1983) and a part in *Cannonball Run II* (1984, credited as Linda Lei). Her final screen credit was as Irene in the 1988 television film *Police Story: The Watch Commander*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, as Beautiful Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Vice Squad* (1982), Fi1m 64, as Coco — [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Police Story: The Watch Commander* (1988), as Irene
- *Police Story* (1988), series, as Irene
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Allison
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), as Beautiful Girl — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Doctor Detroit* (1983), as Jasmine Wu
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Sun Yeng
- *Inspector Perez* (1983), as Patricia Liu
- *Hammett* (1982), as Crystal Ling
- *Cassie & Co.* (1982), series, as Shu Shi Choy
- *Vice Squad* (1982), as Coco — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)
- *Inchon* (1981), as Mila
- *Deathmoon* (1978), as Julie Chin
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Ewa Sako
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Nani Hakua, Charlie, Sheila Young

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